Two boys dead after high-speed pursuit

STOCKTON – Two boys died when a 13-year-old car thief and his 15-year-old passenger crashed a stolen vehicle into a building during a high-speed pursuit with California Highway Patrol officers early Saturday morning in north Stockton, authorities said.

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Posted Feb. 16, 2013 at 4:45 PM
Updated Feb 16, 2013 at 9:14 PM

By The Record

Posted Feb. 16, 2013 at 4:45 PM
Updated Feb 16, 2013 at 9:14 PM

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STOCKTON – Two boys died when a 13-year-old car thief and his 15-year-old passenger crashed a stolen vehicle into a building during a high-speed pursuit with California Highway Patrol officers early Saturday morning in north Stockton, authorities said.

The fatal crash occurred about 1:45 a.m. at the Chevron gas station at West Benjamin Holt Drive and Pacific Avenue, across the street from Lincoln Center, officials said. According to authorities, a CHP patrol car spotted a 1994 Honda Accord traveling south on Thornton Road north of Lucile Road.

The car was moving at a high rate of speed and making unsafe passes, police said. The CHP unit tried to initiate a traffic stop, but the boys led officers on a high-speed chase. The driver lost control while going south on Pacific Avenue, crashing into the Chevron building just south of West Benjamin Holt Drive.

The boys' names have not been released. Neither was wearing a seatbelt and both died of blunt force trauma, authorities said. Alcohol was not believed to be a factor.

For more on this story by Record Staff Writer Jason Anderson, read The Sunday Record.